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Lepidophyma gaigeae

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Species of lizard

Lepidophyma gaigeae
Conservation status

Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Xantusiidae
Genus: Lepidophyma
Species: L. gaigeae
Binomial name
Lepidophyma gaigeae
Mosauer, 1936
Synonyms
  • Lepidophyma gaigeae
    Mosauer, 1936
  • Gaigeia gaigeae
    — H.M. Smith, 1939
  • Lepidophyma gaigeae
    — Savage, 1963
  • Lepidophyma (Gaigeia) gaigeae
    — H.M Smith, 1973
  • Lepidophyma gaigeae
    — Liner, 2007

Lepidophyma gaigeae, also known commonly as Gaige's tropical night lizard and la lagartija nocturna de Gaige in Mexican Spanish, is a small species of lizard in the family Xantusiidae. The species is native to eastern Mexico.

Etymology

The specific name, gaigeae, is in honor of American herpetologist Helen Beulah Thompson Gaige.

Geographic range

L. gaigeae is native to the Sierra Madre Oriental of northern Querétaro state and adjacent northwestern Hidalgo state, between 1,800 and 2,200 m (5,900 and 7,200 ft) elevation.

Habitat

The preferred natural habitat of L. gaigeae is rocky areas of forest or shrubland.

Reproduction

L. gaigeae is viviparous. Litter size may be as small as one newborn.

References

  1. ^ Mendoza-Quijano, F. (2007). "Lepidophyma gaigeae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2007: e.T64350A12773333. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2007.RLTS.T64350A12773333.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ Lepidophyma gaigeae at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 October 2020.
  3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Lepidophyma gaigeae, p. 96).

Further reading

  • Goldberg, Stephen R.; Bursey, Charles R.; Arreola, Jeanette (2014). "Lepidophyma gaigeae (Gaige's Tropical Night Lizard). Endoparasites". Herpetological Review 45 (3): 502.
  • Gonzalez A., Arturo (1995). "Distributional Notes for the Night Lizard Lepidophyma gaigeae (Xantusiidae)". Herpetological Review 26 (1): 15–17.
  • Mosauer W (1936). "A New Xantusiid Lizard of the Genus Lepidophyma". Herpetologica 1: 3–5, Plate 2. (Lepidophyma gaigeae, new species).
  • Smith HM (1939). "Notes on Mexican Reptiles and Amphibians". Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 24 (4): 15–35. (Gaigeia gaigeae, new combination, p. 24).


Taxon identifiers
Lepidophyma gaigeae


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